Only by writing extensively, including keeping a journal, are you likely to find your voice. Editors and writing teachers can help with grammar, structure, and sense– but they shouldn’t fundamentally mess with your style. Your voice––comprised of cadence, rhythm, word choice, tempo, and syntax––is your fingerprint as an author. It’s what makes you, you. Could…

Within any system of nature, there exists something called, “the strange attractor effect.” It’s akin to that moment in the creative process when we sense something trying to form out of the chaos. Chaos is the feeding ground for the emergence of regular, self-forming, coherent patterning. In other words, form and structure arise naturally from…

The word “character” stems from the Greek word for a chiseled cut, an etching, or a groove. Oftentimes the essence of a human being is etched into their face. We recognize someone from the way they smile, squint in bright sunlight, or the slight bump in their nose that speaks to past fights. A few…

If our writing is to have impact, we must write about what matters most to us. Our writing must come from a place of care and commitment. This doesn’t mean we have to be experts. Rather, we need to be sufficiently passionate about our subject matter that we are willing to become knowledgeable. When we…

When it comes to writing, most of us rely more on our brains than our bodies. But what if it actually worked better the other way around? What if our brains, while effective at handling multiple tasks and matters of logic, were actually less creative than our bodies? What if our bodies held the key…

Writer’s scurvy is a horrible disease that bruises the skin, rattles the bones and leaves us depressed and immobilized. Left untreated it kills off our every good idea. So how do we away with the ‘mouldy rogue?” Fortunately, it’s easy. All that’s required is a daily dose of Vitamin Creativity. The following is the best…

One of the most heartfelt and inspiring books on writing ever written is If you Want to Write by Brenda Ueland. In her chapter titled: “Be Careless, Be Reckless! Be a Lion! Be a Pirate! When you Write” she proffers this advice: “I found that many gifted people are so afraid of writing a poor…

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